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Etrian Odyssey (世界樹の迷宮)
Etrian Odyssey (世界樹の迷宮) is Atlus's 2007 Nintendo DS first-person dungeon crawler RPG where players hand-draw maps of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth on the touch screen; series ran through 3DS (Nexus, 2019) and HD remasters (Origins Collection, 2023).
EverQuest
EverQuest (1999, Verant/SOE, now Daybreak) is the foundational 3D fantasy MMORPG of Norrath; 30+ expansions, ~600,000 peak subscribers, grouping-centric combat, raids, TLP servers, still running after 25 years.
EverQuest expansions
EverQuest expansions are commercial content packs for the MMORPG EverQuest that add zones, spells, and level-cap increases, released nearly every year since The Ruins of Kunark in 2000.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015) is a walking simulator by The Chinese Room, published by Sony for PS4 and later PC, set in the vanished 1984 Shropshire village of Yaughton, known for Jessica Curry's acclaimed choral soundtrack.
Evo Moment 37
Evo Moment 37, the Daigo Parry: Daigo Umehara's 2004 Evo semifinal parry of Justin Wong's Chun-Li super art in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, esports' most famous viral clip.
Evolution Championship Series
Evolution Championship Series (Evo), the largest and longest-running fighting game tournament, founded mid-1990s from Battle by the Bay; $500,000 prize pool, 12 games at Evo 2026 Las Vegas; owned by Qiddiya since 2026.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the fictional Renaissance Assassin protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood, and Revelations, ancestor of Desmond Miles, voiced by Roger Craig Smith, and widely considered the series' most popular protagonist.
F-Zero
F-Zero is Nintendo's futuristic anti-gravity racing series, beginning with a 1990 Super Famicom launch title built on Mode 7 graphics, set in the year 2560, and continuing through the 2023 battle royale F-Zero 99.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is a 2005 Monolith Productions first-person shooter-horror franchise published by Sierra, known for GOAP-driven enemy AI, reflex-time gunplay, and the Alma Wade/Armacham story; sequels declined critically.
F.E.A.R. 3
F.E.A.R. 3 (F.3.A.R) is a 2011 paranormal horror first-person shooter by Day 1 Studios with Monolith, published by Warner Bros., for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. It added divergent co-op as Point Man and Paxton Fettel, a cover system, and scored 74 on Metacritic.
Fable (video game series)
Fable: action RPG series set in fairytale Albion, created by Lionhead Studios (Fable 2004, Fable II 2008, Fable III 2010), known for good/evil morality; reboot by Playground Games due February 23, 2027, first on PS5.
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy is a collection of Final Fantasy games announced by Square Enix at E3 2006, each sharing a common crystal mythos with separate stories.
Fall Guys
Fall Guys (Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout) is a free-to-play cross-platform party royale game by Mediatonic, published by Epic Games since the March 2021 acquisition; 60-player obstacle-course elimination, launched August 2020, free to play since June 2022.
Fallout (series)
Fallout: post-apocalyptic RPG franchise begun by Interplay in 1997, owned by Bethesda since 2007; six mainline games, SPECIAL system, 1950s retro-futurist setting, Prime Video TV series.
Far Cry
Far Cry is Ubisoft's open-world first-person shooter franchise, begun by Crytek in 2004. Includes Far Cry 2-6, Primal, Blood Dragon, New Dawn; 100 million unique players; Far Cry 7 unannounced.
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft Montreal, 2008) is an open-world African first-person shooter on the Dunia engine, starring the Jackal hunt, malaria, jamming guns, fire propagation, and a 12-buddy dynamic narrative; PC Metascore 85.
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 is Ubisoft's 2012 open-world FPS set on the fictional Rook archipelago, starring Jason Brody and villain Vaas Montenegro; developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Massive, and Shanghai, it scored 88 on Metacritic and defined the series' outpost, crafting, and skill-tree loop.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a 2013 standalone Ubisoft Montreal spin-off of Far Cry 3, a neon 1980s-parody shooter starring cyber-commando Rex Colt (Michael Biehn) fighting cyborgs and laser-eyed Blood Dragons; Metascore 80, later re-released as Classic Edition.
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 4 is a 2014 open-world first-person shooter by Ubisoft Montreal, set in Kyrat, a fictional Himalayan country based on Nepal and Bhutan, where Ajay Ghale joins the Golden Path rebellion against self-appointed king Pagan Min.
Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5 is a 2018 Ubisoft Montreal open-world FPS set in Hope County, Montana, fighting the cult Project at Eden's Gate led by Joseph Seed; first US-set Far Cry, fastest-selling in the franchise, Metacritic 81.
Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 is Ubisoft's 2021 open-world first-person shooter set on the Caribbean island of Yara, where Dani Rojas fights dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito) using Resolver weapons, Supremo backpacks, and Amigos; Metacritic 73-79.
Far Cry New Dawn
Far Cry New Dawn is a 2019 Ubisoft Montreal first-person shooter, a standalone sequel to Far Cry 5 set 17 years after a nuclear apocalypse in Hope County, Montana, against the Highwaymen twins Mickey and Lou; Metacritic 71.
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame (Project Zero, Zero) is a Japanese survival horror series by Tecmo/Koei Tecmo directed by Makoto Shibata, whose Camera Obscura photographs and exorcises ghosts; entries span 2001's PS2 original to the 2026 Fatal Frame II remake.
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury (Garou Densetsu, 餓狼伝説) is SNK's 1991 fighting game series created by Takashi Nishiyama, starring Terry Bogard and Geese Howard, known for lane-based combat and revived by Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves in 2025.
Fatality (Mortal Kombat)
Fatality: the signature finishing move of Mortal Kombat (Midway, 1992), performed on a defeated opponent via secret button inputs; spawned brutalities, animalities, and stage fatalities, and drove the ESRB's creation.
Fate/Extra (フェイト/エクストラ)
Fate/Extra (フェイト/エクストラ) is a 2010 PSP dungeon-crawling RPG by Type-Moon, set in a Holy Grail War inside the lunar Moon Cell supercomputer, with Saber, Archer, or Caster partners and rock-paper-scissors combat; the remake Fate/EXTRA Record arrives January 28, 2027.
Fate/Grand Order (フェイト/グランドオーダー)
Fate/Grand Order (フェイト/グランドオーダー, FGO) is TYPE-MOON's free-to-play gacha RPG for iOS and Android, launched July 2015, developed by Lasengle and published by Aniplex; players command Servants in turn-based command-card battles, with a 1% SSR rate and over $7 billion lifetime revenue.
Fears to Fathom
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game series by Rayll (Mukul Negi), beginning with Home Alone in 2021; six episodes including Ironbark Lookout and Scratch Creek, framed as survivor-narrated true stories.
Fez (video game)
Fez (video game): 2012 indie puzzle-platformer by Polytron (Phil Fish, Renaud Bédard), aka FEZ, where players rotate a 3D world through four 2D views to collect 32 Cubes; five-year development, 87% critic score, ports through the 2021 Switch release.
FIFA (video game series)
FIFA video game series, EA's annual football simulation from FIFA International Soccer (1993) to 2023, about 325 million copies sold, renamed EA Sports FC after the FIFA license ended.